Tuesday, December 24, 2024 – Christmas Eve, Isaiah 9:2-7, Psalm 96, Titus 2:11-14, Luke 2:1-14 [15-20] Who is Jesus Christ? More importantly, who is he for us today? Titus tells us that Christ is the “hope and manifestation of the glory of God.” But to unknowing passersby, that tiny baby lying in a feeding trough, […]
Sunday, December 15, 2024 – Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18 Since we had so much fun singing in last Sunday’s sermon, I thought we should do it again because as soon as I read our second reading for today, I thought of this bible camp song: “Rejoice in the Lord always, again I
Sunday, December 1, 2024, First Sunday of Advent – Luke 21:25-36, also Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25: 1-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13. Prior to the outbreak of World War I, psychiatrist Carl Jung had a series of visions that he later interpreted as foreshadowing the First World War. His visions included an image of a sea of
Sunday, November 17, 2024 – Mark 12:38-44, also 1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 34:1-8, Hebrews 9:24-28. In talking about vulnerability and living on the edge, I shared last week about a time when I was financially insecure and followed an intuition. That Spirit nudge led me to an action and a connection that brought me grace
Sunday, August 4, 2024 – Gospel, John 6:24-35, also Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, Psalm 78:23-29, Ephesians 4:1-16 I love listening to recordings of Alan Watts, who you can hear almost everywhere on YouTube these days. I first heard of Watts when I was given a set of cassette tapes of his lectures that I’d listen to
